Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man desires to continue in sin.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
So when the sight becomes dazed,
So when vision is dazzled
But when sight is confounded
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon darkens
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And sun and moon are united,
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
No! There is no refuge.
Alas! No refuge!
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even if he presents his excuses.
Although he tender his excuses.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Nay! But you love the present life,
No! But you love the immediate
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking to their Lord.
Looking at their Lord.
Looking toward their Lord;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And agony is heaped on agony;
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But he denied and flouted.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?